{"id":352,"date":"2013-08-08T19:09:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2013-08-08T19:09:42","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T19:09:42","slug":"mangia-mangia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/mangia-mangia\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangia mangia!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cara famiglia,<\/div>\n
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Questa settimana era bellissima!!! Can I just tell you, it has been so good. Perch\u00e8? I will explain.<\/div>\n
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So, as I mentioned last week, there have been some issues with my permesso di soggiorno.\u00a0 We have to take a culture class for two days, and I never received a date.\u00a0 Every agency that we talk to tells us to go somewhere else, and so I’ve been a little stressed that I’d never be able to take it and wouldn’t be able to renew my permesso.\u00a0 Well, Sorella Gross had her date, and we decided for me to go with her because her companion Sorella Clawson had a really big appointment she couldn’t miss. The miracle is: I communicated with the permesso people all by myself and was able to convince the head police man to let me coming the culture class with Sorella Gross count because I never receievd a date. (yes, that was a run on sentence, I know, \u00a0but all Italians use are run on sentences, and please forgive me, but I’m having a hard time writing in English.)\u00a0Seriously such an answer to prayers because otherwise I would have to go to this class twice.\u00a0That class was one of the most hilarious\/entertaining\/informative things ever.\u00a0 I love Italia…<\/div>\n
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That night after culture class Sorella Gross and I decided to head to a park in our area to teach a lesson to someone.\u00a0 We found this beautiful girl who is Italian.\u00a0 She listened to us \ud83d\ude42 Guess how I got her to talk to us? She had these 2 little dogs.\u00a0 So I went up to them and asked their names.\u00a0 One dog’s name was Zoe.\u00a0 So of course I got really excited and said that was my dog’s name too! Then eventually she asked if we were testimoni di Geova and we explained who we were. We both had a little difficulty understanding what was going on.\u00a0 But we bore testimony of The Book of Mormon.\u00a0 I can’t put the experience into words.\u00a0 But at the end, we testified of God’s love for her. And then she pulled out her pack of cigarettes and said – I know that God doesn’t like this. I shouldn’t smoke.\u00a0 But I can’t stop.\u00a0 I just really hope that He will forgive me.\u00a0 The spirit was so strong, and we just testifed that through Jesus Christ she can give up any addiction.\u00a0 As she meets with us and finds strength through prayer and reading the Book of Mormon, she can stop smoking.\u00a0 It was such a beautiful lesson.\u00a0 We will meet with her next week because she is on vacation this week, but please pray for her because I know she has such potential \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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The reason why this email is called “Mangia mangia” is because it means – EAT EAT! And let me tell you, we have eaten WELL this week.\u00a0 Three members had us over for pranzo! A senior couple fed us, and today, we met some American tourists from Utah who took us out to eat. Seriously,\u00a0I love Italian food<\/em>. (Don’t get me wrong I miss Mexican food like nobody’s business.) Lots of pasta.\u00a0 Pizza. More pasta.\u00a0 More pizza. Canteloupe and prosciutto together, and of course, gelato.\u00a0 And lots of tomatoes and mozzarella. I’m trying to learn how to cook Italian style, and Sorella Acerson is teaching me a lot too.<\/div>\n
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We went to a member’s house, the Lui’s,\u00a0for homemade pizza, and it was so so beautiful. Everyone listen up because I want to you to do what he did.\u00a0 The four of us sisters came to his house for lunch. And he says – okay, I have three people you are going to teach today. Split them up.\u00a0 Then he takes us to their houses.\u00a0 And we teach 2 lessons in the presence of a member about the plan of salvation.\u00a0 One person we were just walking by and he rang their doorbell and said, can these missionaries share with you a message about what we believe after death? DO THIS. Just take the missionaries around to the neighbors yourself! They won’t say no to them if you’re there \ud83d\ude42\u00a0Fratello Lui\u00a0is such a missionary it’s inspiring.<\/div>\n
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Anyways, it has been a beatiful week.\u00a0 We have done a lot of finding work, I am teaching more and more and getting more and more comfortable with my Italian, and we have found a lot of potential women to teach \ud83d\ude42 It’s August, so everyone is\u00a0going on vacation or to the sea.\u00a0 We can meet in Settembre, cara, they say. So Settembre 1st, lots of people will be getting lots of phone calls from\u00a0the sorelle!<\/div>\n
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There have been so many more miracles that I don’t have time to write, but, I know that Heavenly Father loves me.\u00a0 I love being a missionary, despite almost fainting a couple times because of tracting in the heat and not feeling my toes because of all the walking.\u00a0 I get go up to people and tell them that they are chilren of God. When people tell me that God doesn’t answer their prayers, I pull out the Book of Mormon and say – “We all struggle with that.\u00a0 We want God to answer us. We want to hear a voice.\u00a0 But I promise you, He will answer you through this book. Io so con tutto il mio cuore che questo libro \u00e8 la parola di Dio \u00e8 lei puo ricevere le risposte alle sue preghiere. Just read this book.”<\/div>\n
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Open the pages, because there is a greater feast in the Book of Mormon than any delicious Italian mean could ever offer.\u00a0 “Nutritevi abbandantemente delle parole di Cristo.” – “Feast upon the words of Christ.”<\/div>\n
Feast upon His words, and He will answer your prayers, provide you peace and the best meal you’ve ever tasted.<\/div>\n
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I love you all con tutto il mio cuore.\u00a0 Grazie mille mille\u00a0for your prayers.<\/div>\n
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Vi voglio bene,<\/div>\n
Sorella Strong<\/div>\n
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Sorella Strong<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sorella Strong and Sorella Acerson, Verona<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sorella Strong and American tourists<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Verona\"<\/a>

Verona<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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